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Old 03-15-2004 | 12:10 PM
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Default RE: Engine Thrust Problem?

Lou, I think that's just the pic. Looking at the wing tip former and tail they appear to be 0-0.

Ian, you're onto the correct path now. Trim the controls for flight at low throttle and then adjust the thrust to hold the same trim at high throttle.

If you NEED upthrust when it's all said and done, as you do appear to have in the pic, then I would suggest that your balance point is way too far back in your efforts to get 3D performance. Trim the model to fly level at just above idle. Then dive it at a 45 and let the controls go to nuetral and watch the model. If it tries to tuck you're balanced too far back (behind the neutral point actually), if it dives at the same angle you're spot on and if it pulls up back to level then you're a trifle positively stable. For 3D aero stuff you want to be trimmed to the middle option, dead neutral.

Once trimmed to that neutral point if you still find that you need upthrust on the engine (WRT the wing's chord line) then I would suggest that the model is not as truly built as you think. No model of this type planform and airfoil should require up thrust is it isn't out of whack somewhere.